Hi!
My name is Arek and I am Editor in Chief of Optyczne/Allbinos/LensTip sites.
First of all, thank you for reading and commenting our results.
I would like to mention here that all our binoculars, lenses and cameras reviews are first published in Polish at Optyczne.pl and further translated and published at Allbinos and LensTip.
According to the measurements errors you might find some answers in our FAQ section (translated at LensTip.com). Question no 15 is:
"Can you trust implicitly all the points presented on different kinds of charts and graphs in the tests?"
Answer: "No. All physics measurements are burdened with measurement errors – both statistical and systematic. You can minimize these errors and we try to do it, but you can’t avoid them completely. It’s also worth remembering that you can’t solve this problem by simply stating a value and its margin of error. The result of 40 lpmm ± 1 lpmm, according to the statistics (so-called 1-sigma) means that we are dealing with a 68% probability that the real value, measured by us, ranges from 39 to 41 lpmm. Still, there are 32% confidence that the value is actually lower than 39 lpmm or higher than 41 lpmm. You can also use 2 sigma or 3 sigma error measure criteria to increase the probability of the right value assessment. In our example, then, you can be 95.4% sure that our value is within the 38-42 lpmm range and 99.7% sure that it is within the 37-43 lpmm range. All the same, there is a 0.3% probability that the value is somewhere outside that range. In other words 3 measurements out of 1000 will differ from the real result by over 3 times the given margin of error . Taking into account the fact that on our graphs of lenses and cameras there are over several thousands of measurement points presented, the statistics makes us practically sure that more of a dozen of them differ a lot from the real value."
It can be also used for transmission graphs. The weakest point in this category is zero point determination which error is estimated to 1-2%. And
it is one sigma error. It means that 68% of tested binoculars fall into this range but still 32% do not fall. It also means that almost 5% of tested binoculars will have errors as large as 2-4%. The theory of measurement errors is merciless here.
Thus it is possible that Nikon HG 8x32 is one of the binoculars located away of 1-2 sigma range. We have 100 binoculars tested at Allbinos now (200 at Optyczne). Maths guarantees that in 4-5 cases these errors are larger than 2-sigma. Maybe Nikon belongs to this group.
I hope it helps.
Greetings! And keep checking Allbinos. I have just received another package of translated reviews from our translator and I will be posting them as soon as possible.
Arek
My name is Arek and I am Editor in Chief of Optyczne/Allbinos/LensTip sites.
First of all, thank you for reading and commenting our results.
I would like to mention here that all our binoculars, lenses and cameras reviews are first published in Polish at Optyczne.pl and further translated and published at Allbinos and LensTip.
According to the measurements errors you might find some answers in our FAQ section (translated at LensTip.com). Question no 15 is:
"Can you trust implicitly all the points presented on different kinds of charts and graphs in the tests?"
Answer: "No. All physics measurements are burdened with measurement errors – both statistical and systematic. You can minimize these errors and we try to do it, but you can’t avoid them completely. It’s also worth remembering that you can’t solve this problem by simply stating a value and its margin of error. The result of 40 lpmm ± 1 lpmm, according to the statistics (so-called 1-sigma) means that we are dealing with a 68% probability that the real value, measured by us, ranges from 39 to 41 lpmm. Still, there are 32% confidence that the value is actually lower than 39 lpmm or higher than 41 lpmm. You can also use 2 sigma or 3 sigma error measure criteria to increase the probability of the right value assessment. In our example, then, you can be 95.4% sure that our value is within the 38-42 lpmm range and 99.7% sure that it is within the 37-43 lpmm range. All the same, there is a 0.3% probability that the value is somewhere outside that range. In other words 3 measurements out of 1000 will differ from the real result by over 3 times the given margin of error . Taking into account the fact that on our graphs of lenses and cameras there are over several thousands of measurement points presented, the statistics makes us practically sure that more of a dozen of them differ a lot from the real value."
It can be also used for transmission graphs. The weakest point in this category is zero point determination which error is estimated to 1-2%. And
it is one sigma error. It means that 68% of tested binoculars fall into this range but still 32% do not fall. It also means that almost 5% of tested binoculars will have errors as large as 2-4%. The theory of measurement errors is merciless here.
Thus it is possible that Nikon HG 8x32 is one of the binoculars located away of 1-2 sigma range. We have 100 binoculars tested at Allbinos now (200 at Optyczne). Maths guarantees that in 4-5 cases these errors are larger than 2-sigma. Maybe Nikon belongs to this group.
I hope it helps.
Greetings! And keep checking Allbinos. I have just received another package of translated reviews from our translator and I will be posting them as soon as possible.
Arek
